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The Sydney Roosters showed why they are favourites to win this year's premiership with a convincing 38-12 victory over the Canberra Raiders this afternoon at Aussie Stadium.

Rated as underdogs,the Raiders were looking quite good trailing only 4-0. But when full back Clinton Schifcofske was sin binned in the 35th minute, the Roosters scored two tries to go into the halftime break with a 14-0 lead.

The second half was nothing short of a casual stroll in the park for the Roosters as they piled on the points to embarrass the Raiders.

Not everything however went the Roosters way as they have numerous woes with Luke Ricketson, Michael Crocker, Anthony Tupou all coming out of the game with injuries while Luke Ricketson and Brett Finch were placed on report.

For the Raiders, season 2004 is over and it's now time for the Mad Monday pub crawl and end of season trip, looking back on a season that they will be dissapointed with.

38 min: Try-Roosters: Roosters centre Justin Hodges after a Brett Finch punt kick manages to bounce the right way for Hodges. Craig Fitzgibbon is successful with the conversion. Roosters 14-0.

Halftime Report: After a promising start by the Raiders the class of the Roosters is starting to become too much for the Raiders and if the Raiders want to avoid having big score racked up against them they will need to contain halves Brett Finch and Brad Fittler and also stop hooker Craig Wing.

44 min: Try-Roosters: Captain Brad Fittler scores under the posts after being put into a gap by Brett Finch. Craig Fitzgibbon is successful with the conversion. Roosters 20-0.

49 min: Try-Roosters: Anthony Minichiello takes advantage of a gap in the Raiders defence to score next to the posts. Craig Fitzgibbon is successful with the conversion. Roosters 26-0.

53 min: Try-Roosters: Anthony Minichiello scores his second try of the afternoon after Shannon Hegarty bats back a cross field bomb from Brett Finch. Craig Fitzgibbon is successful with the conversion. Roosters 32-0.

57 min: News: Roosters lock Luke Ricketson is on the sideline getting a dislocated finger seen to but he is able to make it back out onto the field.

59 min: News: Roosters lock Luke Ricketson is taken from the field with a dislocated finger.

64 min: News: Raiders fullback Clinton Schifcofske is struggling in back play with an injury.

71 min: Try-Raiders: Interchange player Nathan Smith scores after Anthony Minichiello makes a mess of a bomb put up by Raider fullback Clinton Schifcofske. Schifcofske is successful with the conversion. Roosters 32-6.